Overview

• The Anti-Defamation League said it is retiring its online Glossary of Extremism effective immediately, citing outdated entries and intentional misrepresentation of its content.
• Elon Musk escalated criticism by calling the ADL a “hate group” that “hates Christians” after viral posts mischaracterized the group’s documentation.
• Screenshots circulating on X conflated the fringe, racist “Christian Identity” ideology with mainstream Christianity, a claim ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called offensive and false.
• Links to the glossary and a TPUSA entry now redirect to the ADL homepage, while a separate TPUSA backgrounder remains and has been revised to include new context such as Charlie Kirk’s support for Israel.
• The removal intensifies a long-running clash between Musk and the ADL and fuels a wider debate over how watchdogs document extremism and how political pressure shapes their public resources.